RW Soldiers buried in Illinois,
researched by Mrs. Edwin S. Walker, published
by the Illinois Historical Association
PERRY COUNTY
JOHN BANES was born in Virginia. He enlisted
at Mecklenburg in 1779; five times for three
months each and the sixth time for six months,
with Captains Peter Bennett and George Ferringot,
Colonel William Moore, ? Ramsey, Joseph Taylor,
and Major Joel Lewis. He was in the battle
of Camden. He removed to Sumner County, Tennessee,
and from there to Perry County, Illinois,
where he died September 2, 1840. He served
in the North Carolina troops.
LEONARD LIPE, born January 1, 1763, in Lincoln
County, North Carolina. After the war he
removed with his son to Illinois, settling
in Perry County, Tamaroa township, where
he died on April 4, 1848. He was the father
of Barbara LIPE DRY. His pension number 125798,
was granted June 7, 1832. He is buried in
McElvain Cemetery.
JOHN MURPHY was born in the north of Ireland.
Coming to America, he entered the war of
the American Revolution and was in the battle
of King's Mountain. Soon after the war he
removed to Tennessee, and in 1818 came to
Illinois, settling near Lost Prairie, Perry
County, where he died. Murphysboro, Jackson
County, is named in his honor.
JOHN PYLE was born in Chatamco, North Carolina.
He was a Colonel during his service. He was
the g-grandfather of Mayor Lloyd E. PYLE,
and married Mary (Polly) WELLS, daughter
of Lewis WELLS. He died at his home, "on
the hill, the highest point in the county",
and is buried in a famiy graveyard on the
old Hiram PYLE place, about 3 miles east
of Browning Hospital, adjacent to Paradise
Road. There is no marker to indicate his
distinction.
(from article 1953 DQEC)
LEWIS WELLS I came to Jackson county in 1804,
and settled in Perry County in 1812. He was
born in North Carolina. His first wife was
Betsy Bates, and his second was Ann Helms.
He is buried in McElvain Cemetery.
The following letter was sent to me by a
viewer(3/01), with corrections on two of
these soldiers. If you want further information,
please contact BOB
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I thought that you would like to know that
there is some misinformation on your page
of Revolutionary War soldiers.
First of all, since Lewis Wells died in Aug.
1846, and his wife Elizabeth Bates died in
Oct. 1846, he wasn't married to Ann Helms
after the death of Elizabeth. If there was,
in fact, a Lewis Wells who married an Ann
Helms in this family, then it was probably
his son or grandson.
Secondly, I know of no evidence which indicates
that Lewis Wells was born in NC. The first
record of him is in Lunenburg Co., VA, when
the man who was apparently his maternal grandfather
(John Cole) made a deed of gift of the land
his parents were living on to him- this was
in 1755, when he would have been about 5.
Later, in the 1770s, John Cole sold this
same land, and since he had earlier deeded
it to Lewis Wells as a child, Lewis also
had to sign the deed. At this time, he was
living in Chatham Co., NC, (where the Pyle
family also lived).
The 1880 census for Lewis's son Giles indicates
that his father was born in MD, and his mother
in VA. I'm inclined to think that these may
have been reversed, since the evidence that
I have at present indicates that the Bates
family migrated to SC from PA.
Then for the Pyle part of it. The John Pyle
who married Mary Wells (daughter of Lewis)
was born in Chatham Co., NC, as stated, but
in 1782- so he obviously wasn't in the Revolution.
The Col. John Pyle referred to was this John
Pyle's grandfather. Col. John Pyle and his
sons, including Dr. John Pyle, Jr., father
of John first mentioned, were Loyalists during
most of the Revolution. It was only after
the incident called "Pyle's Massacre",
in which Loyalist militia that he was leading
to join Tarleton were massacred by Col. Henry
Lee's troops, that he gave up the cause of
the King. I suppose because he tended the
wounded and dying after the battle of Lindley's
Mill, which was fought in the vicinity of
his house, he's listed in the DAR patriot's
index. Possibly for the same reason, his
son John Jr. is also listed. Both of them
were doctors.
Neither Dr. (Col.) John Pyle, Sr. or his
son Dr. John Pyle, Jr. died in Perry Co.
The elder Dr. died in Chatham Co., NC, and
Dr. John Pyle, Jr., is said to have died
in KY about 1818.
Sincerely,
Bob Cabbage
Belleville, IL
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